Difference between revisions of "Oxfordshire"

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==Resources==
 
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*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
 
*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council+Services/Leisure+and+culture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
  
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
 
  
  
 
'''Countywide Interest'''  
 
'''Countywide Interest'''  
  
*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)]
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
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*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
  
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
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*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
  
 
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]  
 
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxfordshire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire]
 
 
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
 
 
 
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
 
  
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire]  
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*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire]
  
  
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*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
 
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*[http://www.iffleyhistory.org.uk/ Iffley History Society]
 
*[http://www.iffleyhistory.org.uk/ Iffley History Society]
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*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
 
*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
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*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
  
 
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
  
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'''Books of local interest'''
  
'''Books of local interest'''
 
  
  

Revision as of 08:20, 2 May 2008

The county is mainly agricultural in terms of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent.

Famed for its university city of 'Dreaming Spires', the county is also home to the River Thames and its tributaries, the Cotswolds and the Chiltern Hills.

In Bladon, just south of Blenheim Palace, is the resting place of Winston Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill.

Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel, “Lark Rise to Candleford” describes her childhood in the 1880s in the hamlet of Juniper in the north of the county.


County town: Oxford


Other major towns: Witney, Abingdon, Bicester, Banbury


Oxfordshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs


Books of local interest


Register Office

Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.

Oxford Register Office

1 Tidmarsh Lane
Oxford
OX1 1NS
Tel 0845 129 5900

E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk

N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments


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